Factory Collection (#12)

Sugar, 2, Unloading the canes at the factory, Queensland (colour litho)
8659425 Sugar, 2, Unloading the canes at the factory, Queensland (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sugar, 2, Unloading the canes at the factory)

Bottling room (engraving)
8643754 Bottling room (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bottling room. Illustration for Chemists and their Wonders by F M Holmes (S W Patridge)

Locomotive Manufacturing (b/w photo)
8658356 Locomotive Manufacturing (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Locomotive Manufacturing)

Making porcelain in China (colour litho)
8663518 Making porcelain in China (colour litho) by Chinese School (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making porcelain in China)

Melting shop of the Krupp works in Essen, Germany (colour litho)
8663517 Melting shop of the Krupp works in Essen, Germany (colour litho) by Kley, Heinrich (1863-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Rolling of armour plate at the Krupp works in Essen, Germany (colour litho)
8663515 Rolling of armour plate at the Krupp works in Essen, Germany (colour litho) by Kley, Heinrich (1863-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rolling of armour plate at the Krupp works in Essen)

Cross section through a potato spirit distillery (colour litho)
8663664 Cross section through a potato spirit distillery (colour litho) by Dressel, August (b.1862) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cross section through a potato spirit distillery)

Cross section of a brewery (colour litho)
8663629 Cross section of a brewery (colour litho) by Dressel, August (b.1862) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cross section of a brewery)

Ore processing in the first half of the 19th century (engraving)
8663921 Ore processing in the first half of the 19th century (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Grain mill (colour litho)
8663670 Grain mill (colour litho) by Kranz, Wilhelm (1853-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cross section through a grain mill)

Wasted Effort (colour litho)
8673243 Wasted Effort (colour litho) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wasted Effort)

Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester (engraving)
8676977 Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, Worcestershire)

Trade card for Freeman's, candle and soap manufacturers, London (engraving)
8677528 Trade card for Freeman's, candle and soap manufacturers, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card for Freeman's)

Unloading Sugar-Canes at the Factory (b/w photo)
8674195 Unloading Sugar-Canes at the Factory (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Unloading Sugar-Canes at the Factory)

The stages in the design and productuon of a typical aeroplane (litho)
8675809 The stages in the design and productuon of a typical aeroplane (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pressing out the body of a motor car (b/w photo)
8675798 Pressing out the body of a motor car (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pressing out the body of a motor car)

The Pinkerton workers left the Carnegie Steel Company created by Andrew Carnegie during the strikes in the town of
NWI4826307 The Pinkerton workers left the Carnegie Steel Company created by Andrew Carnegie during the strikes in the town of Homestead, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1892

Workers scraping buffalo skin in a tannery in the 19th century. Colourful engraving of the 19th century
NWI4826348 Workers scraping buffalo skin in a tannery in the 19th century. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Workers scraping buffalo skin in a tannery in the 19th century)

Salmon Cannery on the Columbia River, Oregon, USA, description of vessels and fishing boats, circa 1880
NWI4828439 Salmon Cannery on the Columbia River, Oregon, USA, description of vessels and fishing boats, circa 1880. 19th century lithography.; (add.info.: Salmon Cannery on the Columbia River)

A British government inspector visiting children employed in a factory to verify safety
NWI4828364 A British government inspector visiting children employed in a factory to verify safety and enforcement of labour regulations and laws around 1880

Worker picking melted glass using a bouffadou around 1900
NWI4828200 Worker picking melted glass using a bouffadou around 1900; (add.info.: Worker picking up melted glass using a bouffadou around 1900.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Workers of a coke-furnace steel plant in Pennsylvania, 1880. Coloured engraving of the 19th century
NWI4828181 Workers of a coke-furnace steel plant in Pennsylvania, 1880. Coloured engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Workers of a coke-furnace steel plant in Pennsylvania, 1880)

Glass blower in a factory in England, early 1800s. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4827097 Glass blower in a factory in England, early 1800s. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Glass blower in a factory in England, early 1800s)

Workers in front of their sewing machine in a textile factory, 1800s. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4827749 Workers in front of their sewing machine in a textile factory, 1800s. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Workers in front of their sewing machine in a textile factory)

Interior view of the factories Byrrh, manufacturer of Vermouth, with the monsters barrels
ELD4965180 Interior view of the factories Byrrh, manufacturer of Vermouth, with the monsters barrels, a Thuir in the Pyrenees Orientales (Interior view of the Byrrh factory)

View of the exit of the workers of the arsenal of Cherbourg in the Channel
ELD4965120 View of the exit of the workers of the arsenal of Cherbourg in the Channel, Normandy (Exit of the workers of the arsenal of Cherbourg, Normandy) Postcard ca

View of the port and shipyards of the Arsenal Germania operated by the factories of Gustav Krupp a Kiel
ELD4855682 View of the port and shipyards of the Arsenal Germania operated by the factories of Gustav Krupp a Kiel, Germany (View of the port of Kiel with Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard)

Interior view of the steel mills Krupp in Essen, Germany 1912 (Interior view of Krupp cast steel works, Essen, Germany)
ELD4858050 Interior view of the steel mills Krupp in Essen, Germany 1912 (Interior view of Krupp cast steel works, Essen, Germany)

Silk workshop in China. 19th century colour engraving
NWI4858018 Silk workshop in China. 19th century colour engraving.; (add.info.: Silk workshop in China. 19th century colour engraving.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Book factory in Asia: Printer engraving the classics of Chinese literature in the 19th century
NWI4864606 Book factory in Asia: Printer engraving the classics of Chinese literature in the 19th century. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Book factory in Asia)

Rheuerie JM, since 1845 in Macouba - Martinique, island of the French Antilles
JEB4949971 Rheuerie JM, since 1845 in Macouba - Martinique, island of the French Antilles; (add.info.: Rheuerie JM, since 1845 in Macouba - Martinique)

View of the Sechilian hydroelectric plant, Isere, 1915 (b/w photo)
ELD4937799 View of the Sechilian hydroelectric plant, Isere, 1915 (b/w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: View of the Sechilian hydroelectric plant (power and light plant)

Indochina/Vietnam, Haiphong (Hai Phong): Along the red river, in a sawmill, pre-boarding exotic wood condition
LUX4810211 Indochina/Vietnam, Haiphong (Hai Phong): Along the red river, in a sawmill, pre-boarding exotic wood condition, board manufacturing, 1900; (add.info.: Indochina/Vietnam)

Indochina/Vietnam, Haiphong (Hai phong): manufacture of cement nozzles, 1900
LUX4810103 Indochina/Vietnam, Haiphong (Hai phong): manufacture of cement nozzles, 1900; (add.info.: Indochina/Vietnam, Haiphong (Hai phong): manufacture of cement nozzles

View of the french porcelain factory of Sevres, Hauts de Seine. 19th century (engraving)
ELD4905179 View of the french porcelain factory of Sevres, Hauts de Seine. 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © The Holbarn Archive

Production of medals and coins in the Hotel de la Monnaie (Paris mint) and view on the right of the sovereign court of
ELD4890313 Production of medals and coins in the Hotel de la Monnaie (Paris mint) and view on the right of the sovereign court of Chambre des Monnaie, in the Palais de la Cite, Paris, 1360

Brewer's Vat, 1841 (engraving)
CUL4892351 Brewer's Vat, 1841 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration from " London (Volume IV)" published by Charles Knight in London in 1841. Engraving.); Photo © HILL/AIC

France, Pays de la Loire, Sarthe (72), La Suze-sur-Sarthe: mills and factories on the banks of the Sarthe, 1900
LUX4777606 France, Pays de la Loire, Sarthe (72), La Suze-sur-Sarthe: mills and factories on the banks of the Sarthe, 1900; (add.info.: France, Pays de la Loire, Sarthe (72)

France, Limousin: professional installation of distillery employees with their equipment and tools
LUX4747186 France, Limousin: professional installation of distillery employees with their equipment and tools, 1895 - liqueur brandy, Desire Taillandier, steam distillery; (add.info.: France)

Science. The french chemist Alexandre Brongniart, director of the Sevres Porcelain Factory from 1800 to 1847 Engraving
3434716 Science. The french chemist Alexandre Brongniart, director of the Sevres Porcelain Factory from 1800 to 1847 Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Science. Porcelain making. Porcelain oven of the Manufacture nationale de Sevres
3434714 Science. Porcelain making. Porcelain oven of the Manufacture nationale de Sevres. Engraving in : Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Art. Oven for faience (tin glazed pottery). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434712 Art. Oven for faience (tin glazed pottery). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Art. Four a faience. Coll. Part. Art)

Sciences. Glassmaking. Workshop for polishing the lead crystal, women's labour
3434705 Sciences. Glassmaking. Workshop for polishing the lead crystal, women's labour. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Science. Glassmaking. Glassworks in the XIXth cent: bottle making and childs labour
3434701 Science. Glassmaking. Glassworks in the XIXth cent: bottle making and childs labour. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Science, Energy: Condenser at the La Villette Gas Power Station (Paris). Engraving in
3434776 Science, Energy: Condenser at the La Villette Gas Power Station (Paris). Engraving in : Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Coll. Part)

Science. Paper Making. Wallpaper manually printing. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie
3434758 Science. Paper Making. Wallpaper manually printing. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science)

Science. Paper Making. Rags washing machine (cotton paper making). Engraving in
3434751 Science. Paper Making. Rags washing machine (cotton paper making). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll)

Washing and dyeing in a silk production works, 1823
3480219 Washing and dyeing in a silk production works, 1823; (add.info.: Early 19th century washing and dyeing in a silk production works in Derby, England 1823.); Universal History Archive/UIG

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"From Swindon Works to Loch Laphroaig: Exploring the Global Tapestry of Factories" Step back in time with a glimpse into the past at Swindon Works Map, circa 1940s. This historical gem takes us on a journey through the heart of industrial Britain, where locomotives like the majestic 7 King Class Locomotives were crafted with precision and pride. Venturing further north, we find ourselves amidst the rugged beauty of Islay in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Here lies the iconic Laphroaig Whisky Distillery, an enchanting factory that has been perfecting its craft for generations. The aroma of peat fills the air as skilled artisans create one of Scotland's finest exports. Traveling across to Consett Steel Works, we witness a symphony of fire and steel. The intense heat illuminates this bustling factory as molten metal is transformed into sturdy structures that shape our modern world. At Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, we are greeted by towering vessels awaiting their maiden voyage. This legendary factory has birthed countless ships that have sailed oceans far and wide – each carrying dreams and aspirations within their hulls. In Kirkcaldy stands Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd. , an advertisement reminding us how factories have long been pillars of local economies. Their products not only bring prosperity but also tell stories woven into every thread they produce. Clydebank's Singer Sewing Machines Factory hums with rhythmic precision as skilled hands stitch together fabrics from around the globe. In this bustling hive of creativity, innovation intertwines seamlessly with tradition. The Ferrari F1 Launch transports us to Maranello's prestigious factory where speed meets elegance. Outside its gates stand racing Ferraris - symbols of engineering excellence ready to conquer racetracks worldwide. Austin Motor Plant epitomizes British automotive manufacturing prowess.